2) Shaw, Artie. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...American clarinetist, band leader, composer, and arranger whose swing band, formed in 1937, exemplified the big band sound....

3) Dolphy, Eric Allan. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...American jazz clarinetist noted for his unconstrained solos and for introducing Eastern musical traditions into jazz....

4) Goodman, Benjamin David. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...American clarinetist whose band, formed in 1934, introduced swing music....

5) Goodman, Benny. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Goodman, Benny, (Benjamin David Goodman), 1909-86, American clarinetist, composer, and band leader, b. Chicago. Goodman studied clarinet at Hull House. In Chicago...

6) Goodman, Benny. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Goodman, Benny A twentieth-century American jazz clarinetist (see clarinet) and bandleader. He was known as the King of Swing. 1...

7) reedman. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A player of reeds, especially a jazz saxophonist or jazz clarinetist....

8) Adams, John, American composer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...American composer, (John Coolidge Adams), 1947-, American composer, b. Worcester, Mass. A clarinetist, he studied composition at Harvard (B.A. 1969, M.A. 1971). Adams...

9) Davis, Sir Colin Rex. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Davis, Sir Colin Rex, 1927-, English conductor. Davis began his musical career as a clarinetist; he is a self-taught conductor. After serving with the Sadler's Wells...

10) clarinet. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...jazz, and military music, as well as in classical music. 1 The most famous American clarinetist was Benny Goodman. 2...